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WIDER Seminar Series Quentin Stoeffler on Economic opportunities, education and child labor: the effects of artisanal gold mining in Burkina Faso
29 March 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Céline Zipfel on A mother’s voice: Impacts of spousal communication training on child health investments
15 March 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Henrique Pita Barros presents The power of dialogue: Evidence from a field experiment in Mozambique
1 March 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Marinella Leone on What drives parental investments in early childhood
8 February 2023
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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WIDER Seminar Series Andreas de Barros on Large-scale efforts to improve teaching and child learning in India
14 December 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Sandra Sequeira on the economics of displacement in Mozambique
7 December 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Xiaobing Wang on finding common prosperity in China
30 November 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Eleonora Nillesen on Breaking down menstrual barriers in Bangladesh
23 November 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Albert Kwame Osei-Owusu on Assessing Africa’s position and prospects in global dematerialization
16 November 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Ciprian Domnisoru on the impact of female teachers on female students' lifetime well-being
2 November 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Giulia Mascagni on Tax compliance in Rwanda: evidence from two large scale field experiments
26 October 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Arjan Verschoor on Boosting recycling behaviour among urban households in Peru
25 October 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Gindo Tampubolon on Social injustice under climate shocks to persons with disability
12 October 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Christine Valente on Subjective expectations and demand for contraception
21 September 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Nauro Ferreira Campos on the Political U: New evidence on democracy and income
20 September 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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Gabriela Zapata on the role of the family of origin in shaping inequality of opportunity in Chile
7 September 2022
Hybrid, Katajanokanlaituri 6 B, Helsinki, Finland
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